S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S

 

197 No.

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The London—Canterbury-Dover Trunk Road
(Canterbury By—Pass Slip Roads) Order 197

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The Secretary of State for the Environment makes this Order in exercise of
powers conferred by sections 7 and 44 of the Highways Act 1959 (a), and section
68 of the Highways Act 1971 (b) and now vested in him (0), and of all other
enabling powers:—

1, The new highways which the Secretary of Stite proposes to construct along
the routes described in the Schedule to this Orcer which connect —

(i) two sections of the Upper Harbledown ly—Pass divided at the
point where the route of the main new trunk road enters the
same, and

(ii) the main new trunk road uith.other highways, and

(iii)the Bridge By-Pass with the Tiunk Road and two sections of the
Trunk Road at a point where the route of the main new trunk
road meets these highways

at the places stated in that Schedule, (the highways along these routes being
in this Order referred to as “the slip roads": shall become trunk roads as from
the date when this Order comes into operation.

2. The centre lines of the new trunk roads ire indicated by heavy black lines
on the deposited plan. ‘

3.1 .The Secretary of State directs as respeatsany part of a highway which crosses
the route of any of the new trunk roads that —

(a) where the highway is a highway maiutainable at the public expense by
a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by
that authority; and

(b) where the highway is not a highwa; so maintainable and is not‘
maintainable under a special enactment or by reason of tenure,
enclosure or prescription, the Secretary‘of State shall be under
no duty to maintain the part in guestion,

until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary
of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not
be later than the date on which the relewant route is opened for the purpose of
through traffic.

 

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(a) 1959 c.-25 (b) 
(C) S.I. 1970/1681 (1970 III, p 5551)

 

 

4. In this Order:-

"the deposited plan" means the plan folio numbered CSE 234/5/26/O4
marked "The London — Canterbury — Dover Trunk
Road {Canterbury By—Pass Slip Roads) Order
197 "" signed by authority of the Secretary of
State and deposited at the Department of the
Environment, St Christophe: House, Southwark
Street, London SE1, where it may be inspected
free of charge at all reasonable hours;

"the main new trunk "means the trunk road to be constructed by

road" the Secretary of State in pursuance of the
London — Canterbury - Dover Trunk Road
(Canterbury By—Pass) Order 197}

"the new trunk roads" means the highways mentioned in Article l
of this Order and “the new trunk road” means
one of those highways;

"the Trunk Road" means the Lonéon » Canterbury — Dover Trunk
Road (A2);

"the Upper Harbledown means the trun: road to be provided in

By-Pass” pursuance of ”Uhe London — Canterbury — Dover

Trunk Road (upeer Harbledown By—Pass) Order
1973“(d>;

"the Bridge By—Pass" means the trunk road to be provided in
pursuance of “The London — Canterbury - Dover
Trunk Road (Bridge By—Pass) Order 1973"(e),

5. This Order shall come into operation on the 197 and may
be cited as the London — Canterbury — Dover Trunk Road (Canterbury By—Pass
Slip Roads) Order l97 .

Signed by authority of Director
the Secretary of State South Eastern Road Construction Unit
197 Departmrnt of the Environment

 
   

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(d) s.I. 1973,/1457   (e) s,:. 1973/1456

S C H E D U L 7

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Routes of the new trunk roads

 

The routes of the slip roads are the following:

(l) Merggr of the main new trunk road with the Upper Harbledown B15Pass at
Upper Harbledown

A route south of Upper Harbledown to connect two sections of the
Upper Harbledown By—Pass, leaving the Upper Harbledown By—Pass south-
west of “Willow Down",passing under the main new trunkroad and rejoining
the Upper Harbledown By—Pass where the main new trunk road merges with

it (the new trunk road along this route being given the reference letter A
on the deposited plan).

(2) Junction with the A28 Thaningjon Road at Thanington

Three routes to connect the eastbound and westbound carriageways of
the main new trunk road with the A28 Thanington Road (the new trunk roads

along these routes being given the reference letters B, C and D on the
deposit ed plan).

(3) Junction with the Trunk Road qt_3riage

A route to connect the Trunk Road northwest of Bridge Village with
the westbound carriageway of the main new trunk road (the new trunk road

along this route being given the reference letter G on the deposited plan).

(4) Merggr of the main new trunk road with the Bridge Bx—Pass at Bridgg

Two routes to connect the westbound carriageway of the Bridge By-Pass
and the Trunk Road southeast of the point where the route of the main new

trunk road meets these highways with that section of the Trunk Road which
is situated northwest of the Bridge By-Bass, all such routes being

northwest of Bridge Village (the new trunk roads along these routes
being given the reference letters E and F on the deposited plan).